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Henry Loftus, 1st Earl Of Ely
Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely KP, PC (Ire) (18 November 1709 – 8 May 1783), styled The Honourable from 1751 to 1769 and known as Henry Loftus, 4th Viscount Loftus from 1769 to 1771, was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. He was the younger son of Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus and Anne Ponsonby, daughter of William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon. His elder brother was Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely of the first creation. He served as High Sheriff of Wexford in 1744 and between 1747 and 1768 represented Bannow in the Irish House of Commons. Subsequently, Loftus sat for Wexford County until 1769, when he succeeded his nephew Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 2nd Earl of Ely, as Viscount Loftus. During a celebrated hearing into his nephew's mental capacity, Loftus testified that the young man was of normal intelligence. Loftus was created Earl of Ely (second creation) in 1771 and was appointed a Knight Founder of the Order of St Patrick on 11 March 1783. He married f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Loftus (1709–1783), 1st Earl Of Ely, And His Wife Frances Monroe (d (1709–1783), Irish peer and politician
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Henry Loftus may refer to: * Henry Loftus and Harry Donaldson, two men who made headlines for their unsuccessful attempt to rob the Southern Pacific Railroad's ''Apache Limited'' in 1937 * Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely KP, PC (Ire) (18 November 1709 – 8 May 1783), styled The Honourable from 1751 to 1769 and known as Henry Loftus, 4th Viscount Loftus from 1769 to 1771, was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. He was the youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, dramatist and poet, who is best known for his novel ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1766), his pastoral poem ''The Deserted Village'' (1770), and his plays ''The Good-Natur'd Man'' (1768) and ''She Stoops to Conquer'' (1771, first performed in 1773). He is thought to have written the classic children's tale ''The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes'' (1765). Biography Goldsmith's birth date and year are not known with certainty. According to the Library of Congress authority file, he told a biographer that he was born on 10 November 1728. The location of his birthplace is also uncertain. He was born either in the townland of Pallas, near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland, where his father was the Anglican curate of the parish of Forgney, or at the residence of his maternal grandparents, at the Smith Hill House near Elphin in County Roscommon, where his grandfather Oliver Jones was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Ely
Earl of Ely is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of Ireland for members of the Loftus family. This family descended from Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus, who was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Loftus, of Loftus Hall in the County of Wexford, in 1751. In 1756 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Loftus, of Ely in the County of Wicklow. He was succeeded by his son, Nicholas, the second Viscount. He had previously represented Fethard in the Irish House of Commons. In 1766 he was created Earl of Ely in the Peerage of Ireland. Lord Ely assumed the additional surname of Hume. He was succeeded by his son, Nicholas, the second Earl. He represented both Fethard and Bannow in the Irish Parliament. The earldom became extinct on his early death in 1769 while he was succeeded in the barony and viscountcy by his uncle, Henry, the fourth Viscount. He represented Bannow and County Wexford in the Irish House of Commons. In 1771 the earld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ogle
George Ogle (14 October 1742 – 10 August 1814) was an Irish Tory politician. Life He was born 14 October 1742, the only child of George Ogle (1704–1746). He was brought up at Rossminoge, near Camolin, County Wexford, under the care of one Miller, vicar of the parish, and was imbued through life with strong Protestant feeling. Ogle received his early education at Kilkenny College. He had literary tastes and composing, while at Rossminoge, two songs which are still popular. The earlier, called "Banna's Banks" beginning "Shepherds, I have lost my love", was said to be inspired by Miss Stepney, of Durrow House, Queen's County, afterwards Mrs. Burton Doyne of Wells. The second, "Moll Ashore", was written to celebrate the charms of Mary Moore, whose sister Elizabeth, daughter of William Moore of Tinrahan, County Wexford, subsequently became his wife. Burns, writing to Thomson 7 April 1793, described Ogle's "Baana`s Banks" as "heavenly" and "certainly Irish"; but it was includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wexford County (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
County Wexford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fran ... until its abolition on 1 January 1801. Members of Parliament * 1560: William Hore of Harperstown and Richard Synnott of Ballybrennane * 1613–1615: James Furlonge (died and replaced by Walter Synnott) and Thomas Wadding * 1634–1645: William Esmond of Johnstown and Marcus Cheevers * 1639–1649: Sir Arthur Loftus and Nicholas Loftus * 1661–1666: Thomas Scott (expelled and replaced 1665 by Richard Kenney of Edermys) and John Warren 1689–1801 References External links * {{coord missing, County Wexford Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Wexford 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesey Colclough
Vesey is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Agmondisham Vesey (1677-1739) Irish landowner and politician * Agmondesham Vesey (1708-85) Irish politician and amateur architect *Denmark Vesey (c. 1767–1822), American rebel slave *Elizabeth Vesey (1750–1791), English socialite and writer *Gerald Vesey (1832–1915), English clergyman *Ivo Vesey (1876–1975), British Army officer *Jim Vesey (born 1965), American ice hockey player *Jimmy Vesey (born 1993), American ice hockey player *John Vesey (c. 1462–1554), English bishop *William Vesey (1674–1746), American clergyman See also *Sutton Vesey (ward), Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham *Vesey Street (Manhattan) *de Vesci and Viscount de Vesci Viscount de Vesci, of Abbeyleix in the Queen's County, now called County Laois (pronounced "leash"), is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1776 for Thomas Vesey, 2nd Baron Knapton and 3rd Baronet. The title Baron Knapton was cre ... {{surname, Vese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl Of Arran
Arthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran KP, PC (Ire) (25 July 1734 – 8 October 1809) styled The Honourable Arthur Gore from 1758 to 1762 and Viscount Sudley from 1762 to 1773, was an Irish peer and politician. Early life Arran was the eldest son of Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran, and Jane Saunders. His younger brothers were Hon. Richard Gore, MP and Hon. Paul Gore, who married Anne Leonard (a daughter of William Leonard). His sisters were Lady Joanna Gore (wife of Philip Doyne and, after his death, Michael Daly) and Lady Elizabeth Gore (wife of Sir John Evans-Freke, 1st Baronet). His paternal grandparents were Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Baronet, and the former Elizabeth Annesley (a daughter of Maurice Annesley of '' Sherlock v Annesley'' infamy). His aunt, Anne Gore, was married to John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont. His maternal grandfather was Richard Saunders (a grandson of Henry Whitfield, MP). Upon his grandfather's death, his father became the 3rd Gore Baronet of Newtown. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hellen
Robert Hellen (born 1725, died 1793 in Donnybrook, Dublin) was an Irish politician, Solicitor-General, and judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland). Early life He was born at Whitehaven, Cumberland, son of Robert Hellen senior. His family moved to Dublin where he was educated at Trinity College Dublin, taking his degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1746 and Bachelor of Laws in 1749. He entered Middle Temple in 1749 and was called to the Irish bar in 1755. He became King's Counsel in 1774. Career He became the Member of Parliament for Bannow in 1768 and Fethard (County Wexford) in 1776. He was appointed as Solicitor-General in 1777, and a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1779. Family He married Dorothea Daniel of Dublin in 1761; Dorothea was wealthy but it may have been a love marriage since she was also noted for beauty and charm. They had four daughters. Character When young he was described rather sentimentally as "a youth of fair fame and gentle endowments". In la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Tottenham (1716–1795)
Charles Tottenham (1716 – 10 September 1795) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Fethard from 1755 to 1760, for New Ross from 1761 to 1768, for Bannow from 1768 to 1776, for Clonmines from 1776 to 1790 and again for Fethard from 1790 to his death. He was a younger son of Charles Tottenham and his first wife Ellinor Cliffe, daughter of John Cliffe of Mulrankin, County Wexford and Barbara Carr, and younger brother of Sir John Tottenham, 1st Baronet, who married a daughter of Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus and was father of Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely. Charles also married a daughter of the 1st Viscount Loftus, Anne (born 8 November 1718, died 10 November 1768). Their children included Charles Tottenham, Nicholas Loftus Tottenham and Ponsonby Tottenham, all MPs, and Elizabeth, who married Sir James Hutchinson, 2nd Baronet. References * http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/tt/tottenham1.htm * https://web.archive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Mitchell (Irish Politician)
Henry Mitchell may refer to: Fictional characters * Henry Mitchell, a fictional character from the television series ''Charmed''; see List of ''Charmed'' characters * Henry Mitchell, a fictional character, Dennis's father in the U.S. comic strip '' Dennis the Menace'' * Henry Ramsay (Neighbours), also known as Henry Mitchell, fictional character in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' Law and politics * Henry Mitchell (Irish judge) (c. 1320–1384), Irish judge of the fourteenth century * Henry Mitchell (New York politician) (1784–1856), American politician * Henry L. Mitchell (1831–1903), 16th Governor of Florida Sportspeople * Henry Mitchell (footballer) (1874–1943), Australian rules footballer * Kent Mitchell (Henry Kent Mitchell II, born 1939), American rower and Olympic medalist Other uses * Henry Mitchell (oceanographer) (1830–1902), American oceanographer, namesake of USC&GS Mitchell * Henry Mitchell (mill owner) (1824–1898), British woollen mill owner * H. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ogle (1704–1746)
George Ogle (1704 – 20 October 1746) was an English author, known as a translator. Life He was the second son of Samuel Ogle (1659–1719), Member of Parliament for , and commissioner of the revenue for Ireland, by his second wife, Ursula, daughter of Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet, and widow of Altham Annesley, 1st Baron Altham. Samuel Ogle the colonial governor of Maryland was his elder brother. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons as the member for Bannow in 1727, sitting until his death. Ogle died on 20 October 1746. Works Ogle's translations from Anacreon appeared as an appendix to James Sterling's ''Loves of Hero and Leander'' (1728), from the Greek of Musæus. The volume was dedicated to Ogle, who went on to publish other translations: * ''Basia; or the Kisses'', 1731. * ''Epistles of Horace imitated'', 1735. * ''The Legacy Hunter. The fifth satire of the second book of Horace imitated'', 1737. * ''The Miser's Feast. The eighth satire of the second book of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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